Description

To experience our visible physical & invisible physical by moving both as a whole. Exploration of unconsciousness in performance. How can voice & sounds transform into body movement? How can we celebrate emptiness and use it as a tool in contemporary dance.

Introduction of passive waves inspired from ancient QiKung

Spinal warm up with organic voice techniques

Creative dialogue between hairs, toes, tongues

Butoh steps, Taichi steps, fusion steps

Perception of momentum in poetic rolling & falling

Playful fighting games in Duo

Welcome to bring your partner (if you have one… if you don’t, you will get a surprise Partner as gift).

Dress code suggestion: Entire white or Entire black, but don’t rush to a shop if you have only vibrant coloured outfits.

“Karada ha Karada. The body is empty. The Tao is open.”

Bio

Sylvie Xing Chen is a Sino-Swiss Berlin-based performer and choreographer in dance theatre, specialized in Japanese Butoh, Chinese opera & Tai chi-Dance. Her solo & group choreography have been shown in various festivals in Switzerland, Vienna, Berlin, Tokyo, Macau, Guangzhou & Shanghai China. Her last engagement as dancer was collaborating on ZHDK project with choreographer Emanuel Gat. Since 2014 she has been teaching Butoh dance & guided improvisation Workshop for professional dancers & comedians in Fengmian Art Center in China, Rui Cunha Foundation in Macau, Tanzfabrik Berlin & in Zurich Tanzhaus Wildcard. Since 2010, every December she has been touring with her company ButoInSwitzerland, promoted by Swiss Embassy, to demonstrate their dance theatre piece with art installation and film production in China & Japan.

She spent her childhood in the Shaolin temple & later studied in the Zen temple in Japan where she learnt the practice of emptiness. This enriched her research in different artistic expressions such as dancing, painting, calligraphy. Always traveling between Asia & Europe, she draws her inspirations from daily life, cultural fusions & conflicts and then translates them to creative work.

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WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US…

Flow Village is a young, fun and stylish yoga place. Been to all of the classes and loved every each of them. Abi is great and patient teacher who always makes you feel like you’ve been doing Budokon your whole life (even though its your first lesson :). Love coming back there!!!

Karolina Pomichalek

I tried Flow Village our for the first time today. The mobility class was so fun and different! I have been practicing vinyasa yoga for about four years and it was awesome to get into poses I’ve never done before. I’m excited to check out the Budokon Yoga soon!

Paige Alfonzo

Abi and Justyna opened a wonderful den where anybody interested in (re?)starting and nurturing their movement skills could find shelter. After years of experience in Yoga, Budokon and martial arts they now teach back their wisdom into a multi-sided full body practice, from which anybody interested in movement can benefit. Here you will find both a warm environment to develop your skills and a place to steam off when you need it.

Antonio Bazzo

Blan Dine

I was at a Mixed Movement Workshop with Abi and Justyna. Three very different lessons I call them Flow Yoga, Striking and new movements for the body. It was an inspiring morning! Budokon mixes elements of "Yogi" and "Warrior" - Abi spices them up with new, beautiful movements for the body. I highly recommend the place!

Cor Germann

The best yoga place in Zurich! Very friendly place and opportunity to try something new and push yourself beyond limits.